Anchor for casings and the like.



l. G.' BRAUN.

ANCHOR FOR CASINGS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 9, l9l5.

1,208,738. Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

IINITEB @A JACOB G. BRAUN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ANCHOR FOR CASINGS AND THE LIKE.

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Application filed January 9, 1915.

a specification.

This invention relates to an anchor for a metal molding or casing, and the principal object of the invention is to' provide an improved simple anchor of this class which may be readily placed in position and removed therefrom, and which is eifective and efficient in operation.

@ther objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional view of a casing showing an anchor constructed in accordance with the principles of this construction applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a view, partly in elevation, taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 shows an anchor of this kind with a different form of locking device.

It is difficult to anchor a casing or molding of this class to a wall of plastic construction for the reason that it is diflicult to find suitable anchors which may be readily placed in position and which are readily locked or held in such position if the anchors are positively secured to the casing. The construction is expensive for the reason that suitable holes and fastening device must be provided and for the reason that it takes a considerable time to adjust and apply the anchors.

The present invention relates to a simple construction which may be readily placed in position wherever desired with respect to the casing, and which is readily locked or held in position when so placed.

In the drawing, the numeral 5 designates generally a metal casing or `molding which is to be anchored to a wall of plastic material indicated by the dotted outline 6. It is to be understood, however, that this anchor is also applicable to any casing, molding or protecting strip in this class of construction. At opposite sides of 'the casing 5 are inward projections 7 which are formed integral with the casing. The anchor proper consists of a cross-piece 8 with upturned ends 9 which is adapted to be inserted at a transverse angle within the projections 7 so that they will be engaged by the Specification of Letters Patent.

-Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

serial no. 1,323.

cross-piece when it is transversely at right angles to the casing. Pivoted to this crosspiece 8 is a locking member 10 which has a wedging cam surface 11 at one end and a split at the other end forming the extremities-12 which are bent oppositely to form a better anchor.

In order to hold the wedging member in fixed position with respect to the cross-piece a locking device is provided. In the construction illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 the locking device consists of a plate 13 which extends over the wedging member 10 with Y a clearance at each side to permit the oscillation of the wedging member when it is not secured and the ends ofthe plate are secured by means of fastening screws 14 and nuts 15 so that by tightening the fastening device the wedging member can be held in any rotatable position with respect to the crosspiece 8, the screws 14 of course passing through the cro-ss-piece 8 and the nuts 15, if any, being secured to the under side in any well known manner.

Another form of locking device is shown in Fig. 3 in which the wedging member 10 is secured to the cross-piece 8 by means of a pivot 16, and both the wedging member and the cross-piece are formed with perforations, one or both of which may be slotted, that register to permit a fastening device, consisting of a threaded member 17 which may be tightened in a well known manner, to hold the wedging member and the crosspiece together in any fixed angular position.

In operation the anchor is inserted behind the projection 7 with the wedging member 10 in the dotted position as shown in Fig. 1, the locking device being loose to permit the free oscillation of the wedging member. The wedging member is then rotated to the full line position shown in this gure, whereupon the wedging surface 11 forces the crosspiece against the projection 7 binding the anchor firmly in position. When the wedg ing member has been rotated to a suitable position for holding the anchor firmly in place the locking device is tightened which binds the wedging member and the crosspiece firmly together so that the anchor cannot be removed until the locking device has been loosened.

I claim:

1. An anchor for a casing having opposite projections comprising a cross-piece both ends of which engage the casing projections,

a member pivoted to the cross-piece inter'- mediate its ends, and means for securing the member to the cross-piece in any desiredposition.

2. Anranchor for a casing having opposite sides comprising a crossspiece both eXtremities of which loosely engage the inside of said casing sides, a member pivoted thereto, and locking means for fastening the member to the crosspiece at any desired angle.

3. An anchor for a hollow casing with op-V posite sides comprising a cross-piece of which both ends engage the opposite sides of the casing, a pivoted wedging member se- Y cured thereto, and a nut and screw fastening device for holding the wedging member in any desired position with respect -to the cross-piece.

4. The combination with a casing having opposite inward projections, of an anchor for the casing comprising aY cross-piece adapted to contact with the said projections, a Vmember pivoted thereto having a wedging surface for engaging the casing to bind the cross-piece against the projections, and locking means for securing the pivoted member to the cross-piece in any desired osition.

5. The combination with a casing having Vopposite inward projections, of an anchor opposite inward projections, of an anchork therefor comprising a. cross-piece adapted to be inserted in the casing in contact with the opposite projections, a member pivoted Vthereto having a'wedging surface to engage the casing, between the other projections for pressingthe cross-piece against the said opposite projections, and a positive locking Y means for engaging both the cross-piece and the pivoted member to hold them in fixed position with respect to each other.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this` 6th day of January A. D; 1915.V Y I JACOB G. BRAUN.V

' Witnesses:

` Ti-ioMAs CoLsoN,

KENT W. WONNELL.

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